Two, my little man ( yes, the sweet little guy who I talked about here ) took advantage of me trying to multitask and took off diaperless. By chance he went straight to my computer and proceeded to potty train on the tower which happens to sit at target height. Ready, aim,….. fried. Now, I like some things nice and fried. But my computer is NOT one of them! Really?? My child peed on my computer and fried it! Seriously? I understand dogs eating homework but this?

So, computerless me, is using a old old old one ( we are talking decades here, people ) for editing my photos, writing posts and my tablet for checking e-mails and social media. Yay! 🙂

But I managed to comfort myself with a slice of this cake. Check this: dark chocolate marble pumpkin loaf cake. WITH the best cocoa glaze ever! This cake is so easy to make and looks pretty too. Who doesn’t like a dark chocolate marble in their cake? The pumpkin and pumpkin spice flavor comes through and together they please your taste buds with delight. Now about the glaze. I love this glaze! It’s so simple and has a very rich cocoa flavor. It is not too sweet. Just enough. It’s all about the cocoa, which seems to be my trendlately. Are you complaining?

All of the participants used two of the same ingredients: pumpkin and chocolate. I mean, hello! It’s finally pumpkin season and where’s chocolate – there’s me! Would you join me?

And this cake?

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Chocolate Marble Pumpkin Loaf Cake

Prep Time

30mins

Cook Time

1hr10mins

Total Time

1hr40mins

Dark chocolate and pumpkin meet each other in this fabulous Fall dessert. The cocoa glaze is the perfect topping.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Author: Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet

Ingredients

for the cake:

2large eggsroom temperature

1 1/4cgranulated sugar

6Tbspunsalted buttermelted

1/2cmilk

2tspvanilla extract

1ccanned pumpkinabout half of the 15 oz. can

1 3/4call-purpose flour

1tspbaking powder

1/4tspsalt

1 1/2tspground cinnamon

1tsppumpkin pie spice

1/4tspground ginger

1/4tspground cloves

3oz. dark chocolatechopped

for the glaze:

1/4csalted butter

3Tbspunsweetened cocoa powder

1,5Tbspmilk

1/2tspvanilla

3/4cpowdered sugar

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease and dust with flour a 9"x5"x3" loaf pan. Set aside.

In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients ( flour, baking powder, salt and spices ). Set aside.

In a mixing bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the wet ingredients ( eggs, sugar, butter, milk, pumpkin and vanilla ). Beat until smooth, about 1 to 2 minutes.

Slowly add the dry ingredients and beat on low until just combined.

Melt chocolate in a double boiler.

Scoop out 1/3 of the pumpkin batter into a small bowl and add the melted chocolate. Stir with a wooden spoon until uniform in color.

To achieve the marbled effect, scoop 1/4 cup pf pumpkin batter onto the bottom of your loaf pan. Top with 2 tablespoons of chocolate batter and do not stir. Repeat until you used up both of the batters.

Bake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer onto a cooling rack.

Cool completely before glazing.

Make the glaze, by melting the butter in a double boiler. When the butter has only few pieces left to melt, add cocoa powder and whisk until all combined. Remove from heat.

OH MAN, Anna!!! I’m torn between laughing hysterically and feeling really bad for you…mostly I feel really bad. If it makes you feel any better, I’m still using my old, old, old phone after dropping my iPhone in the harbor in Sitka, Alaska.

OMG too funny about your son! I’m sorry for the loss of the computer but you’ve got to admit, it’s a great story! Thankfully you had these amazing loaf to comfort yourself with. Seriously – that gorgeous, glossy glaze dripping over top of the loaf is making me drool!

Anna, I can’t believe that happened, you have a very talented young son! 🙂 I think this story may be one that goes into the family hall of fame! I can see why you needed a piece of this delicious looking cake! I would have had a BIG one!

So, so sorry about your computer, Anna! You’ll be telling that story for years!!! So glad you could share this gorgeous, decadent cake…I can only imagine the deliciousness! Excellent Chocolate Party post 🙂

Ahhh, Anna, I’m so sorry to hear about your computer. But I had to laugh, having four boys and all. 🙂 They are the most precious gifts, but the things they think of just makes me go hmmm and shake my head. Just when I think I’ve seen it all, they top the last thing they did. SO different from girls for sure. I’m drooling over your cake, sweetie. It’s just beautiful! Pinning!

Omgosh!! Your son peed on your computer… Ahhhhh! If it wasn’t so terrible… I would have to just fall over laughing. You’re pretty calm for the situation.. I would be beside myself. Well… this cake is amazing… your marbling is exquisite and the pictures perfect as well!! Happy Monday my friend… I hope there is no more frying in your house other than in the kitchen. 🙂

One of the reasons I didn’t push Tiffany’s potty training too much is being scared of her peeing all over the house. So sorry to hear about your laptop 🙂 This loaf looks great, love the swirl and the cocoa glaze, mmmm, want some for breakfast Thanks for joining the #ChocolateParty

Anna, I am so sorry for your fried computer. My little one had once poured water on my brand new one, and it was never the same again. But this is taking it to a different level, lol! I hope your limp gets better soon.

The marble cake looks so delish….I can imagine the spicy pumpking flavor with the cocoa glaze..yummmm…